Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

Submitted by True Texas

"I saw several versions of this cake on this site, but none are the same. I have no idea where this recipe came from but I've had it for at least 30 years, maybe longer."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1 cake

ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup mayonnaise (or salad dressing)
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. Sift flour, sugar, cocoa and soda together three times.
2. Mix mayonnaise, boiling water, and vanilla.
3. Beat 2 minutes. Add dry ingredients.
4. Pour into a cake pan.
5. Bake 325 to 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
6. Frost with your favorite creamy chocolate frosting.

Reviews

[twissis]

I wanted a chocolate cake that would be ingredient-friendly, easily halved & an easy-fix to accompany Recipe #260275 by mikekey that I had tagged in the *Pet Parade* event. I found your recipe saved in my main cookbook & it definitely met my goals. Since I was halving the recipe, I opted to bake it in an 8-in rd tube pan prob intended to be more of a mold, but it worked perfectly & toothpick-tested done at 35 min. The cake was moist, chocolately sweet w/o being overly so & a yummy treat. Thx for sharing your recipe w/us. :-)